Professional Associations

• Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC)
• Costume Society of America
• Costume Society (United Kingdom)
• International Council of Museums (ICOM)
  • Committee for Conservation
  • Committee for the Museums and Collections of Costume: Vocabulary of Basic Terms for Cataloguing Costume
• European Textile Network
• The American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
• Textile Society (United Kingdom)
• International Textiles and Apparel Association (ITAA)
• Centre International d'Etude des Textiles Anciens (CIETA)
• College Art Association

Fiber Arts Associations

• Alliance for American Quilts
• American Tapestry Alliance
• American Quilters Society
• Handweavers Guild of America (HGA)
• Embroiderers Guild of America
• Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Inc.
• Friends of Fiber Art International
• International Old Lacers, Inc.
• International Tapestry Network
• Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association (MAFA)
• National Quilting Association
• Southeast Fiber Forum Association
• Surface Design Association (SDA)
• Weave a Real Peace (WARP)
• World Shibori Network